Characteristics

Gender--Male

Height--5' 9"

Weight--158 lbs (72 kg)

Eyes--Blue

Hair--Black

History

Origin

Peter Paul Winston Wisdom was born to Harold Wisdom and his wife in London, England. He has an older brother named Romany. His parents are divorced. His father is a retired detective sergeant and criminal profiler for New Scotland Yard. His mother was later killed by a random killer named Michael Ryan who shot Pete‘s mother while she waited for her son at the window.

Black Air sent Wisdom to investigate an uprising of free mutates in the island nation of Genosha as a representative of the British government along with the mutant team Excalibur. After the conflict, Wisdom returned to Muir Island after he was injured during the uprising by a newly developed type of ammunition. To investigate the source of this ammunition, Wisdom traveled back to London with Kitty Pryde to infiltrate a Black Air facility.

In the facility, Wisdom discovered that Black Air was collecting alien artifacts for use in combat and cross-genetic experiments on human subjects, which were performed in conjunction with the London branch of the Hellfire Club. During the investigation, Pryde and Wisdom encountered the alien race who referred to themselves as the Uncreated. After defeating the aliens and destroying the Black Air facility, Wisdom returned to Muir Island with Pryde, with whom a mutual attraction was beginning to develop.

After his London experience, Wisdom left the Black Air organization and was admitted as a member of Excalibur. Wisdom was also instrumental in bringing Black Air down when, in concert with the Hellfire Club, the corrupt organization captured the techno-organic entity known as Douglock and used him as a living conduit to a demon that resided under the streets of London.

Shortly before Excalibur disbanded, Wisdom ended his relationship with Shadowcat and left the team. Wisdom later resurfaced in Genosha where he was attempting to retrieve a CPU from a satellite that had crashed on the island. The CPU was, in fact, the disembodied brain of Archie Fogg, an old friend of Wisdom's, with the ability to remotely link to and control any sort of machinery. Aided by X-Force, Wisdom opposed Magneto and managed to download Archie into an android body.

Six months later, Wisdom reappeared again, this time as leader of X-Force. Wisdom utilised the team as a strikeforce against Black Ops organisations and establishments.

Wisdom was shot and killed by Doctor Niles Roman during X-Forces attempt to stop Romans bio-slaves from destroying San Francisco.

Recently, Wisdom has joined some of the X-Men to form the newest incarnation of the British super-team Excalibur.

After M-Day Wisdom was forced into an arranged marriage with a fairy named Tink to prevent a fairy invasion of Earth.

Powers and Abilities

Pete Wisdom has the mutant ability to absorb solar radiation, and use this stored energy to create "hot knives". His hot knives are solid constructs made of pure thermal energy, which he can either throw as projectiles or use anchored to his fingertips for close range combat. Wisdom is highly intelligent and is a skilled leader and tactician, as well as an experienced fighter.

Ultimate Wisdom

In the Ultimate Universe, Pete Wisdom is known as the Leader. He is in a wheel chair and has a mutated head. He soon comes into conflict against Iron Man and the Hulk.